Source: Kataeb.org
Author: Chantal Chamoun
The official website of the Kataeb Party leader
Security & Justice
Southern Lebanon Endures Massive Damage: 40,000 Homes Leveled Across 37 Towns
Israeli forces have systematically destroyed entire neighborhoods in southern Lebanon, leveling more than 37 towns and wiping out over 40,000 residential units, according to Lebanon's National News Agency.
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Gaps in Coastal Radar Enabled Israeli Raid in Batroun, Army Commander Says
Lebanon’s army chief, General Joseph Aoun, detailed to Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati how Israeli forces likely exploited gaps in the country's coastal radar system during the recent raid carried out in Batroun. The briefing comes as Lebanese officials seek answers on how Israel’s elite Shayetet 13 unit carried out the landing undetected.
Monday, November 4, 2024
Opinion
The Emptying of Baalbek Is a Moment to Take Stock
“Large numbers of people continue to flee their homes every day, as Israel’s military operations in Lebanon have been going on unabated.” These disturbing words could be from almost any news report about Israel’s invasion of its northern neighbour over the past month. However, they can be found in a report by the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre issued on July 27, 2006.
Saturday, November 2, 2024
A Future Without Hezbollah
At the end of September, when Israel’s campaign to destroy Hezbollah was reaching its height, I met one of the group’s supporters in a seaside café in western Beirut. He was a middle-aged man with a thin white beard and the spent look of someone who had not slept for days. He was an academic of sorts, not a fighter, but his ties to Hezbollah were deep and long-standing.
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Sports
FC Barcelona Fears First Team Star Will Be Banned From Playing, Reports SPORT
FC Barcelona is concerned that one of its main first-team stars will be banned from playing at the turn of 2025 because of issues related to his registration and Financial Fair Play (FFP) limits according to SPORT, which cited anonymous sources.
Friday, November 1, 2024
Tottenham Forward Son Heung-min Crowned Asia’s International Player of the Year
Tottenham forward Son Heung-min was crowned as Asia’s International Player of the Year for the fourth time by the Asian Football Confederation at its annual awards ceremony Tuesday.
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Thursday 10 November 2022 17:05:47
EXCLUSIVE: Sadek: Some Legislators Do Not Respect the Constitution
The fifth presidential election session ended with no change since a certain group insists on disrupting the country and coping with the presidential vacuum.
108 MPs participated in the first round of voting. Forty-four MPs voted for MP Michel Mouawad, who had received 39 votes in the fourth electoral session; 47 voted blank; six voted for professor and respected scholar Issam Khalifeh, one voted for ex-minister Ziad Baroud, one for Ziad Hayek, former secretary general for the privatization and partnerships council, seven voted for "The new Lebanon", one voted "For Lebanon", and one ballot containing "Plan B" was canceled.
After the "unproductive" fifth session MP Waddah Sadek in an exclusive interview with Kataeb.org pointed out that there were several violations of the Lebanese Constitution.
“Some legislators do not respect the Constitution and what the Lebanese people have entrusted to them in the parliamentary elections,” Sadek said.
He stressed that the legislator shall perform his duties and that it was not permissible for some to be irresponsible especially with presidential elections.
"Some MPs may have the right to miss sessions for reasonable causes, but it is not permissible for some to deliberately boycott such sessions, and this is an insult to the Constitution, the voters, and the country that is collapsing,” he added.
Sadek stressed that all opposition forces must name their candidate in a bid to reach balance and good communication among all parties.
“There are approximately 50 MPs who chose and voted for MP Michel Mouawad, and the rest of the MPs are not yet able to agree on a name,” he explained.
In response to a question about his vote for MP Michel Mouawad in Thursday’s session, Sadek stated: “I voted to Mouawad who is a political ally.since my first day in Parliament, I insisted on naming Kataeb Leader Samy Gemayel, MP Michel Mouawad and MP Nehmat Frem, as they are clear and natural candidates.”
Sadek finally indicated that when it was agreed upon Michel Mouawad he waited for the opinion of Change Bloc, but when it refused to name Mouawad, he took the decision to leave it and vote for the latter.